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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (14 children)

The boy, who was just shy of his eighth birthday when the man was shot two years ago, has been evaluated at a psychiatric hospital but cannot be charged with the crime because of his age at the time

Umm, okay. I guess, y'know kids have poor judgement at that age.

The boy described entering Rasberry’s RV, shooting him in the head, and shooting again into the couch before leaving, then returning the gun to the truck, investigators said.

The boy told his interviewer he had seen Rasberry in the RV park earlier in the day, but never met him and had no reason to be mad at him.

Okay that's a straight up psychopath right there.

He was brought to a psychiatric hospital in San Antonio for evaluation and treatment and then was taken back to Gonzales County. He was placed in juvenile detention on a charge of making a terroristic threat for the school bus incident.

And then they put him in a kiddie jail?!? He is mentally unstable! He will not get any better in a jail but they're going to let him out in a few years I'm sure. It's really starting to feel like Texas is just moving backwards in time. Next we'll be "curing" homosexuality with leaches and being dunked in a lake.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I suspect that that's less a Texas thing and more the difficulty of legally locking up a ten-year-old in a mental hospital long-term.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't have to be for life but 6 months in an institution would do him better than 6 years in jail.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He sounds like he is mentally unwell. He needs psychiatry and people who can work with him, not prison.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

America doesn't help people, it just gives them guns. The only difference this time is that they were unusually young.

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